...Directions for first 2 CSLO Essays for HCM 926-2 CSLO 1: Know the concepts of organizational development, organizational effectiveness and personality type. 1a)If you were the ITU organizational development specialist, what is the most important change in either the culture, policies or procedures that would you make? 1b)What are three important characteristics that you could use to measure the organizational effectiveness of your current employer, a past employer, or ITU (if you have never worked)? As far as each characteristic is concerned, how effective is that organization? What kinds of changes are needed, if any? 1c) What do the four letters of your MBTI personality type stand for? Give an example from your life that you would like to share, about how you exhibited that personality characteristic FOR EACH OF THE FOUR DIMENSIONS. 1d) Compare Type A behavior in someone you know with Type B behavior in another person you know in two ways. (Don’t give full names!) CSLO 2: Be able to apply the general concept of knowledge management to the specifics of plagiarism prevention, library use, and class attendance. 1a) If you were the ITU organizational development specialist at in charge of eradicating student plagiarism, what approach would you take, apart from using turnitin.com? 1b) Describe your last experience of using a library with specific details. Identify one advantage and one disadvantage of your using that approach to gain knowledge. Do you...
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...Critically evaluate how the principles and approaches of your school meet the holistic needs of every child In writing this essay I am going to analyse, discuss and critically evaluate how school A has enhanced current practice and adopted different initiatives in my attempt to identify the holistic needs of every child. Correspondingly I will analyse aspects of the mission statement that highlight the overall effectiveness of the school’s ethos and whether or not the school is fulfilling what they have set out to achieve at school, class and individual level. I will identify evidence that creativity is at the heart of the school’s standards which appear to be continually improving the holistic needs of the children, in turn impacting performance. I will look closely at three national initiatives and assess their effectiveness: The Creative Partnership Scheme, Investors in pupils and SEAL: social, emotional, aspects of learning. I will then look at how the school incorporates aspects of faith within the context of children’s daily learning. The school incorporates other initiatives; however, I believe the aforementioned three to be the most relevant to the school’s aims and pivotal to their continued improvement. I will incorporate other sources of information which will include educational literature, publications, government documents, reports, theories and concepts. I have gathered evidence through independent observation and discussion with the class teacher in order...
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...REFLECTIVE ESSAY ONE ON LEADERSHIP MANIFESTO 1. My perspective of being a leader is to “Lead from the front”. Leading from the front means to get out of my office and troubleshoot computer related issues with my Airmen. My Airmen know that I am a patient type, a by the book NCO who is governed by Air Force Instructions. I treat Airmen with fairness and give them the opportunity to take responsibility for their actions, and to complete their assigned tasks. When necessary, I assist my Airmen, so tasks are effectively & efficiently being accomplished. 2. To be a leader, first you must be a good follower. Being a good follower means to have the willingness and commitment to perform a task; with proper instructions in any given situations. My supervisor describes me as being effective, efficient and trustworthy. She believes in my capabilities and technical knowledge even when a short notice task has been initiated. Within Quality Assurance, I evaluate, inspect and prepare my unit’s effectiveness for future inspections; I ensure technicians are following and using accurate technical data which contributes to the unit’s mission success. 3. The leadership style I use is the Leadership-Member Exchange style. I consider it to be effective. Fostering a good relationship and getting to know Airmen is the best way to acquire their loyalty and trust by showing the sincerity of my actions and willingness to assist on and off duty. However, if Airmen are complacent;...
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...Reflecting on my experience in the MGT 501 class over the last 3 months, l would say it was an eye opener in the sense that the course opened me up to a whole world of information that was entirely new to me. After completing group and individual work for 12 weeks, I would say that l have learned quite a lot from my group in the discussion classes and this has had a positive effect on the way me and the way l interact in the workplace. This essay will focus on what l took away from the course and on how the experiences in this class will shape my future interaction especially in the workplace. For me, the purpose of the MGT 501 course is to present a systemic knowledge about people and workings within organizations that can be used to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness in the work place. MGT 501 introduced organizational behavior from several perspectives in the sense of explaining the meaning and the reason why organizational behavior is useful. It showed me how to develop skills in organizational behavior like leadership skills, personality and learning skills. It also presented a frame work of understanding the field. A very important aspect of this course was to be able to make sense of any organization in which l am placed or l find myself in the future. I believe without a doubt that after taking this course, l can adequately answer questions as to what is going on within an my organization at least from a human stand point. Apart from helping me understand...
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...The aim of this essay is to reveal the problems of company L’Oréal, try to solve them and therefore increase efficiency and/or effectiveness. L’Oréal used to be a worldwide known company with high profit, and many subsidiary companies. As years passed by, the profit and the number of subsidiary companies grew. Naturally, it was worth it to have such a high number of them, because the present economic status made it possible. But around 2008, the whole world started to suffer from the financial crisis. It is logical, that if people has to spend less money, they will cut the amount of money spent on cosmetics, entertainment and will decrease the consumption of high quality products. We also know that the producs in cosmetics industry are not really differ from each other, that is why people will choose the cheaper ones, because of the crisis. L’Oréal should specify itself to be more conspicouos from the other products. Real life examples show that if someone does many different things, she or he will be less specified than doing less things in the same time. For example if I try to study while the radio and TV are switched on, I will not be as effect ive as I would be if I would concentrate only on studying. We think that the proper solution would be the decreasing of the number of the subsidiary companies because of the case written above. Therefore L’Oréal would be able to reduce the costs of advertising (which they spend a...
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...topic of work values and national culture. In this essay I use the Ancona Model of Team Effectiveness to argue that my team was particularly effective as a result of composition, decision-making ability and alignment with rewards. Our effectiveness could however have been improved by better ease of communication, tighter boundary management and more attention paid to maintenance behaviours. Through this task I have learnt that an effective team requires focus on many other factors than merely the task alone. Using the Ancona Team Effectiveness Model, effectiveness is measured by four components; performance, member satisfaction, team learning and outsider satisfaction (Ancona et al. p13) (example from lit: why is this relevant). My team was effective in the member satisfaction component (example from lit); prior to this assignment we had never met but we shared a similar work ethic and there was mutual trust that all individual tasks were completed by our specified deadline. (individual needs: work was shared evenly and all had high hopes for grade & primary example.) My team was also effective within the performance component (example from lit), with particular regard to timeliness and efficiency. (primary example). The extent of the groups’ effectiveness affected by a number of underlying factors, both positively and negatively. Firstly I will discuss those factors that most positively affected the group’s effectiveness with emphasis placed on the contextual facilitators...
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...advertise a commercial product effectively. • Must be able to give the effect of being an endorser of a celebrity (celebrity income in a commercial). • Must be to relate brands, celebrities and consumers in the Philippines • Must be able to identify the risks involved and the celebrity arguments against celebrity advertising in the Philippines • Must be able to distinguish the impact of the brand endorsement by a celebrity on consumer behavior in the Philippines. References: • (2010, 12). Celebrity Endorsement. StudyMode.com. Retrieved 12, 2010, from http://www.studymode.com/essays/Celebrity-Endorsement-528003.html • http://www.studymode.com/subjects/impact-of-celebrity-endorsers-in-the-philippines-local-studies-page2.html • http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-celebrity-advertising.htm View Full Essay Join Now Please login to view the full essay... Essay's...
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...As a child, Walls' parents chose an alternative lifestyle which they saw as beneficial, but in reality subjected their children to abuse, neglect and extreme poverty. The children had a sad and independent childhood with their parents, who often tended to their needs over their children. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls writes of how as a young adult she pulled herself out of the unhealthy lifestyle of her parents, and managed to make something of herself. In The Glass Castle, Rex and Rosemary are not the ideal American parents, but they would be considered effective. They would be considered effective because they taught their children to stand up for themselves, independent, supportive and supportive and always there for each other. One of the effects that the Wall’s parents had on their children was teaching them to stand up for themselves. “The mattress shot forward, and our arsenal of rocks flew through the air. I heard them thud against Ernie’s body and clatter on the road. He screamed and cursed as his bike skidded” (166). When Brian and Jeannette go against the neighborhood bullies they show that they may not have money or what other families have but they are clever. They demonstrate their cleverness by creating their own catapult to stop Ernie Goad and his friends. To sum it all up, Jeannette and Brian learn to stand up for themselves by being a team. The second effect that the Wall’s parents had on their children was teaching them to become independent. “I was...
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...Data bases searched 2005 to 2014 | Key words used | Number of studies found | Cochrane Google scholar | Plantar fasciitis treatment | Systematic reviews | 0 | | | Randomised controlled studies ( RCTs) | 4 | | | Controlled trails | 0 | | | Case studies | 0 | Effectiveness of calf muscle stretching for the short term treatment of plantar heel pain: a randomized trial Joel A. Radford, Karl B. Landorf, Rachelle buchbinder and Catherine Cook Goal: Randomized sham controlled trial to determine whether calf muscle stretching is an effective short term treatment for plantar heel pain Strengths * Used the Foot Health Status Questionnaire which has proven good reliability * Decent sample size (n=92) * Moderate success of blinding Weaknesses * Some of the patients in the stretching group had to discontinue stretching due to pain (this is important to note in the patient handout) * Only demonstrated one way of stretching the calf Conclusion: Calf muscle stretching is not recommended for plantar heel pain Level of scientific evidence: 2 Degrees of recommendation: C/D Cryoultrasound therapy in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis with heel spurs. A randomized controlled clinical study C. Costantino, M.C. Vulpiani, D. Romiti, M. Vetrano, V.M. Saraceni Goal: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of cryoultrasound therapy, in comparison to cryotherapy alone Strengths: * Decent sample size (n=84) * No reported side effects or complications ...
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...Journalists receive the opportunity to use newsu.org, a website which provides courses for aspiring writers. The “Writer’s Workbench” course presents journalists with a wide variety of explanations regarding how to compose an effective work. The course is divided into four sections: Nuts & Bolts, Special Effects, Blueprints, and Useful Habits. The first section, Nuts & Bolts, elaborates towards the fundamentals of writing an effective paper. Writers should appreciate the content of the Nuts & Bolts section, which presents readers with thorough explanations of the necessary characteristics of journalism. The Beware of Adverbs and Using Strong Verbs subtopics, for example, stood out because writers will discover the level of effectiveness that different parts of speech deliver within a report. Writers may not appreciate the list of verb qualifiers at the end of the “Strong Verbs” subtopic, which does not provide examples regarding why to avoid using the listed examples. Journalists will use the content of this section when they need to omit unnecessary details within their works. The second section of the course is entitled Special Effects, which explains how to write formal and creative. This portion of the course is beneficial, because this section explains how to conduct a vibrant and colorful report, while applying formal writing techniques. The Seeking Original Images subtopic was well elaborated, especially when the author humorously cites athlete Cal Ripken, Jr...
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...CASE STUDY-ESSENTIALS FOR AN EFFECTIVE TEAM This case study illustrates the concept of essentials for an effective team and what all are the key ingredients needed to make the team effective and efficient. The key topics covered in this case study are uniformity and consistent goal of team and organization, supportive business environment, team based performance and contribution of each member to the group i.e creating a synergy effect. These key topics are essential for the success of the team. For a successful team based performance competence and commitment to a goal are very important. In order to be successful the team members should be competent i.e should have talent, knowledge, organizational clout, experience and technical know how needed to get the job done. Thus effective team is composed of people who collectively bring all critical competencies to the effort. Team members should have clear and common goal i.e team members goal should be aligned with the organizational goal. In order to have clarity of goal among each team member the concept of ‘’elevator speech’’ can be used. Commitment to a common goal is another ingredient to make the team effective because commitment is a visceral quality that motivates them to do the work and to keep working when the going gets tough therefore understanding the goal is easy but being committed to the goal is tough therefore each member should be committed to attain the goal. Commitment to the common goal is more...
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...Zhean Drae G. Genterola 1 PTB Physical Therapy Article Reflection The main focus and aim of Physical therapy is to help restore the physical capabilities of a certain individual. It is to bring back the physical state of a patient before he/she was injured. The article that I choose is entitled “Neuromuscular Electric Stimulation Effect on Lower-Extremity Motor Recovery and Gait Kinematics of Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial” by Yavuzer et al. The article is focused on the effectiveness of NMES (Neuromuscular Electric Stimulation) in helping improve the frequent motor inability of stroke patients. The article was not that effective because it was concluded that NMES combined with a conventional stroke rehabilitation program was not superior to a conventional stroke rehab program alone. But it was effective in showing the difference between these two procedures. They managed to determine insignificant gap between the results of the two processes. For me, the article, along with many other PT articles, focused on the concepts of the brain and nervous system, restoring it’s functions to a normal state. They hypothesized that the repeated dorsiflexion of the ankle by NMES may enhance selective motor skills because it helps activate the muscles that are left numb by the stroke that the patient suffered. Stroke is, of course, the loss of blood supply to the brain, thus decreasing the cerebral activity/function. The aim of NMES is to restore full function of...
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...4. Significance and Justifications for the Study The study of E-learning effectiveness is important. It is because we have to define that whether learning by using electronic media or through the Internet is effective or not. Nowadays, technology have helped human in all types of activity including education. This is what we can see in our daily life. Although technology is getting more advances, but there is not necessarily that it can help a lot in education field. Throughout this research, we have to find out the factors and how the factors affect the effectiveness of E-learning. Since technology nowadays is advances than older time, people would rely on electronic device. So, E-learning will be more practical and effective since people nowadays will have more interested on learning by using the combination of technology and education. Besides, with the Internet available, knowledge can spread widely. This can foster the process of learning and people can gain knowledge faster. E-learning may benefits to all of the users which means both of the learners and instructors. Let’s say if a company chooses to train their employee by using E-learning, this may result to material cost decrease. It is because the company doesn’t have to prepare an operating room just for the training purpose. E-learning can be flexible because the learners can study anywhere and anytime as long as there is device and also connection available. The advantages of E-learning are yet...
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...their stakeholders is get them on the same page. The stakeholders and leaders have the same goals and expectations. So has for the leaders are concern their strategy is to express to the stake holders how they are as much involved in the organization as the stakeholders. Stakeholders want to feel a sense of security where they are investing in. As a leader it’s their job to let them know that the organization appreciates them. Leaders can use to their advantage how the alignment correlates to effective communication. In return the stakeholders can expect a successful organization. By leaders showing enthusiasm and the get up go attitude this will further along gear up the stakeholders to fully communicate. . The ultimate test of the effectiveness of communication with stakeholders is getting feedback from the stakeholders themselves (Lang, 1999). Getting feedback from your stakeholders...
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...Team Development I. Between expectations from superiors and the demands of a competitive marketplace, many leaders look for new innovations to increase the effectiveness of team projects. Strategies on how to improve the effectiveness of our Transitional Team were researched to ensure our organization’s success. A. Members of any group collaboration must remain effective at all times to ensure success of the objectives and goals as in regards to their organization. Strategies for improving the effectiveness of the Transitional Team include: clarifying the team mission, creating a plan/objective, and conducting progress reviews. 1. When preparing for a major change, it is best to clarify the team mission. Each team member must know and can comprehend the mission, and understand their role in fulfilling such mission (Maroney, 2004). 2. After clarifying the mission, we must collaborate to develop a plan which outlines the team’s goals and objectives, provides strategies for fulfilling the team mission, and successfully accomplishing the goals and objectives (Maroney, 2004). Such plan should also include the responsibilities of each member in relation to fulfilling the mission and goals (Maroney, 2004). 3. Throughout phases, we should conduct progress reviews during collaboration to discuss and analyze results and future plans concerning...
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